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All The Mage Class and Legendary Changes in Patch 7.1.5
Publicado
13/01/2017 a las 12:10
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With Patch 7.1.5 just released, we're having Wowhead Mage Guide writer
Malon
analyze all of the Arcane, Fire, and Frost changes in the patch. Check out his updated
Arcane
,
Fire
, and
Frost
guides on Wowhead!
The updated spec guides on Wowhead also include an overview of what's changed in 7.1.5 and our Demon Hunter guide authors have also written a similar
in-depth post to 7.1.5 Havoc and Vengeance changes
.
Introduction
Patch 7.1.5 brings a variety of buffs and nerfs to the
Mago
class. Let's preface the article by restating one important fact:
Fire is not dead
. It has been brought down, while Arcane and Frost are stronger than they were in 7.1. When asking "What spec should I play in 7.1.5", the answer is simply, "Whichever one you have legendaries for."
So, what's changed?
Class Tools
Arcane
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Espiral de gravedad
– New legendary. Evocation gains one additional charge.
Summary: A powerful legendary. With the new
Aumento de poder
and our tier set bonuses, could enable a constant burn playstyle (testing is needed). Overall: :D
Voluntad ardiente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Falda mística del maestro de runas
- Arcane Barrage grants you 3% of your maximum mana per
cargas Arcanas
spent.
Summary: A 25% nerf does hurt, but the item will still return a decent amount of mana. Rather than a regen tool, this now plays better with simply keeping our mana high. Received an indirect buff with the removal of Quickening in 7.1.5.
Brazaletes de asalto de Rhonin
-
Misiles Arcanos
has an 18% chance to make your next
Explosión Arcana
cast within 6 sec cost no mana.
Summary: The amount of
Misiles Arcanos
procs we receive will increase with our two-piece tier set (
), so Rhonin's was toned down to compensate. This remains our best single target legendary.
Secreto de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting, or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrahechizo
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, obra maestra de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Previsión de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on Arcane Barrage to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Explosión Arcana
,
Misiles Arcanos
, Arcane Explosion, Arcane Barrage, Supernova,
Tempestad abisal
– Damage increased by 12%.
Orbe Arcano
– Scaling increased to 500% spell power.
Summary: Makes Orb a much more compelling choice for Mythic+ and AoE.
Mage Armor has been removed.
New Spell:
Barrera prismática
Summary: A replacement for
Barrera de hielo
, which also reduces magical damage taken and the duration of magical debuffs. Great stuff. However, it comes at the expense of the removal of Mage Armor, which used to perform a similar function.
Presencia mental
: now baseline
Summary: A small damage increase cooldown that can be woven into burst. Use the two instant
Explosión Arcana
s at the end of
Poder Arcano
, before Arcane Barrage.
Amplificación
(new talent) has replaced
Presencia mental
.
Summary: A really solid pick, probably the best on this tier.
Cauterizar
and
Mordedura de frío
have been removed and replaced with
Estela
and
Escudo de maná
Summary: The removal of
Cauterizar
is bad for raiding (it was excellent for progression), but
Estela
will help to counter the loss of
Témpanos de hielo
. Unfortunately, it competes with
Centelleo
.
Escudo de maná
is not a strong choice when compared to these two talents.
Runa de poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Caudal de encantador
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Témpanos de hielo
replaced with
Traslación cronos
Summary: The tier 5 talent row was never a choice:
Témpanos de hielo
was clearly the best pick.
Traslación cronos
is now the same, but only because
Anillo de Escarcha
and
Resguardo de hielo
are so uncompelling for raiding.
Magia inestable
buffed to a 20% chance to activate
Summary: Makes
Magia inestable
a competitive pick for two-to-four target fights. The talent row is now very clear-cut:
Erosión
for one-to-two targets,
Magia inestable
for cleave and
Tempestad abisal
for AoE.
Aumento de poder
redesigned to increase damage and lower mana costs by 70% while
Poder Arcano
is active.
Summary: Will dramatically lengthen your burn phase; make sure that you are not at 100% mana before activating
Poder Arcano
(to avoid capping mana). This is the new go-to talent.
Quickening removed and replaced with
Inestabilidad temporal
Summary: Completely changes the playstyle of Arcane at high levels to the more traditional ‘Burn and Conserve' that we have played with before.
Inestabilidad temporal
has potential but currently results in mana being drained very quickly, so is not recommended.
Escudo de maná
renamed to Force Barrier. Now applies to
Barrera prismática
, not
Barrera de hielo
. Increases damage absorbed by up to 60%.
Summary: A very small nerf. Most people only pick this trait up towards the end of their artifact.
Atavío del conocimiento perpetuo
Two piece: Your spells have an additional 5% chance to activate
Misiles Arcanos
.
Summary: A solid, if boring, tier bonus
Four piece: Casting
Misiles Arcanos
reduces the remaining cooldown on Evocation by 2.0 sec.
Summary: An extremely strong bonus that plays well with the two piece. Enables more frequent burn phases, but de-syncs Evocation from
Poder Arcano
(although this isn't an issue if taking
Aumento de poder
).
The number of
Misiles Arcanos
procs and lower Evocation cooldown from our tier gear, plus
Aumento de poder
, combine to keep mana high in this patch, which devalues mastery.
The patch 7.1.5 stat priority is (very broadly): Mastery > Versatility = Critical Strike > Haste.
Taking specific talents and gear (as above) changes this priority.
Magia inestable
likes crit;
Erosión
and
Tempestad abisal
like haste; but
Inestabilidad temporal
plays badly with haste gear. The value of haste rises with tier gear,
Aumento de poder
and
Espiral de gravedad
, however. It is best to run your character through SimCraft for yourself.
Arcane is in a great spot for 7.1.5. The new
Aumento de poder
,
Espiral de gravedad
legendary and tier bonuses increase the value of haste and enable a much more aggressive playstyle with regards to the burn phase.
Quickening's removal somewhat simplifies the playstyle and may bring new players to the spec, so I'll direct them to the
Arcane Mage guide
.
If you have questions, be sure to visit
Altered Time
or the
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
Class Tools
Fire
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Tela de ignición pirotex
– New legendary.
Llamas de fénix
reduces the remaining cooldown on
Combustión
by 6 sec.
Summary: Although damage has been moved out of
Combustión
in this patch, this is still a strong legendary (although not the best).
Voluntad ardiente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Ataduras preeminentes del Rey del Sol
– After consuming Hot Streak, there is a 15% chance that your next non-instant
Piroexplosión
cast within 15 sec deals 300% additional damage.
Summary: A small lowering to the proc chance is compensated for by a 15% buff to
Piroexplosión
's damage. However, the loss of
Témpanos de hielo
makes hard-casting
Piroexplosión
more difficult.
Toque ardiente de Koralon
–
Agostar
deals 350% increased damage and is a guaranteed Critical Strike against enemies below 30% health.
Summary: Significant buffs have made this legendary much more useful. However, remember that none of our damage-increasing artifact traits interact with
Agostar
.
Secreto de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrahechizo
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, obra maestra de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Previsión de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on instant spells to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Fireball,
Piroexplosión
,
Agostar
,
Explosión de Fuego
,
Llamas de fénix
,
Aliento de dragón
,
Fogonazo
,
Ola explosiva
,
Tormenta de ceniza
,
Meteoro
,
Bomba viva
– Damage increased by 15%.
Molten Armor has been removed.
New Spell:
Barrera llameante
Summary: A replacement for
Barrera de hielo
, which also reduces physical damage taken.
Cauterizar
is now baseline for Fire.
Summary: Cauterize is a great ability for progression raiding, and now we aren't forced to choose between it and
Centelleo
.
Combustión
now increases mastery by 50% of our critical strike, down from 100%.
Summary: A change aimed at smoothing our damage dealt, moving it away from cooldowns. Make no mistake, this is a nerf, but it is partly balanced by other changes.
Masa crítica
now grants a flat 15% increase to our critical strike chance, as well as the 10% increase to critical strike rating.
Summary: A crit buff is never bad for Fire, especially with the changes to crit scaling in 7.1.5.
Acelerador de ignición
now affects
Piroexplosión
as well as Fireball, but only applies to enemies above 90% health.
Summary: Mostly useful for Mythic+ dungeons and PvP; there are no raid fights where killing adds is such a high priority that this is worth taking.
Cauterizar
and
Mordedura de frío
have been replaced with
Ola explosiva
and
Alma llameante
.
Summary:
Centelleo
is still the clear winner in this tier.
Ola explosiva
has changed to be a crowd control spell, while
Alma llameante
is focused on melee range.
Runa de poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Caudal de encantador
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Ola explosiva
replaced by
Furia de Alexstrasza
on tier 4.
Summary: Makes
Aliento de dragón
even stronger for AoE, but
Que arda todo
is still superior.
Que arda todo
is now a passive that increases
Explosión de Fuego
charges by one and lowers the cooldown by two seconds.
Summary: Still the go-to talent. You will (almost) always have a
Explosión de Fuego
when needed, and still get the same number of
Explosión de Fuego
casts during
Combustión
.
Fuego controlado
buffed to 20%, from 10%.
Summary: Now more competitive on AoE fights, if you don't have
Diadema de fuego de dragón de Darckli
.
Témpanos de hielo
replaced with
Velocidad frenética
Summary: Like
Traslación cronos
for Arcane,
Velocidad frenética
is the best choice on this tier, but only because of the weakness of
Anillo de Escarcha
and
Resguardo de hielo
. The removal of
Témpanos de hielo
turns
Agostar
into our default movement spell.
Zona en llamas
increased from 25% to 30%
Summary:
Zona en llamas
is now the strongest spell on this row for AoE up to five or six targets (Mythic+ dungeons are a specialty!). Flame Patch received a 17% nerf in a hotfix, but still fills its intended niche.
Meteoro
's scaling buffed to 1,100% spellpower (from 562.5%) and
Tormenta de ceniza
buffed to 65% (from 58%).
Summary:
Meteoro
now appears to be the best single-target ability, and
Tormenta de ceniza
for cleave and AoE.
Avivar
was indirectly nerfed due to the nerf of
Combustión
and reduced crit rate on Fireball.
Conjuro pirético
nerfed from a 5% crit damage increase to 2% per stack.
Summary: Another nerf taking damage out of
Combustión
.
Piel de arrabio
now applies to
Barrera llameante
, not
Barrera de hielo
. Reduces physical damage taken by up to 15%.
Summary: A very small nerf. Most people only pick this trait up towards the end of their artifact.
Atavío del conocimiento perpetuo
Two piece:
Pirotecnia
provides an additional 20% critical strike chance from each application.
Summary: 30% more crit for every non-crit your deal will significantly increase the rate at which you are throwing
Piroexplosión
s.
Four piece: Hot Streak has a 10% chance to also grant you 20% haste for 10 sec.
Summary: Haste is much more desirable for Fire after 7.1.5, due to damage being moved out of
Combustión
and back into hard-cast spells like Fireball. A very strong set bonus that plays well with the
Ataduras preeminentes del Rey del Sol
.
The patch 7.1.5 stat priority is (very broadly): Crit > Mastery > Haste > Versatility.
Haste has risen in value for Fire with the changes to
Combustión
; however, crit is still king.
Fire is far from dead, but without spec-specific legendaries it is likely to be out-damaged by Arcane (and possibly Frost) on a single target. However, AoE damage remains very high.
Confused about Fire? Visit the
Wowhead Fire Mage guide
, the
Altered Time
Mage community or
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
Class Tools
Frost
Talents
Honor Talents
Artifact Calc
Témpanos
– New legendary. Your
Orbe congelado
explodes at the end of its trail, dealing 600% spellpower damage.
Summary: Very powerful in all situations, especially AoE. Ties in well with the new
Ventisca
.
Voluntad ardiente de Kil'jaeden
– New legendary. An on-use effect that causes a massive explosion around your target, on a relatively short cooldown.
Summary: Extremely powerful for AoE fights.
Secreto de Sephuz
- Successfully applying a loss of control effect to an enemy, or interrupting, or dispelling any target, grants you 70% increased movement speed and 25% Haste for 10 sec. This effect may occur once every 30 sec.
Summary: A buff in that it can now be activated by
Contrahechizo
or Spellsteal, but remains very encounter-specific. Weak.
Prydaz, obra maestra de Xavaric
- Every 30 sec, gain an absorb shield for 25% (15% if tank) of your maximum health for 30 sec.
Summary: As well as the change to increase its activation, the neck now has haste in addition to crit and mastery (although the mastery amount was lowered). A simple but welcome survivability buff.
Previsión de Norgannon
- New Effect: Standing still for 8 sec grants you Foresight, allowing you to cast while moving for 5 sec. (Old effect: Your instant cast spells have a chance to trigger Foresight, making your next non-instant cast spell castable while moving.)
Summary: Another welcome change, meaning no more reliance on instant spells to proc the effect. It is now much more controllable.
Descarga de Escarcha
,
Descarga de ébano
,
Aluvión
,
Lanza de hielo
,
Nova de hielo
, Waterbolt,
Chorro de agua
,
Lluvia de cometas
,
Cono de frío
,
Ventisca
and
Orbe congelado
– Damage increased by 12%.
Frost Armor has been removed.
Barrera de hielo
causes melee attackers to be slowed by 50%.
Mordedura de frío
has been redesigned and is now baseline for Frost.
Summary: Still gives you two uses of
Bloque de hielo
, but can now also reset the cooldown of other defensives – and
Cono de frío
, if you're desperate for AoE damage.
Ventisca
no longer activates
Dedos de Escarcha
, but reduces the cooldown of
Orbe congelado
by 0.5 seconds per target hit, each time it deals damage.
Summary: A massive buff to Frost's AoE damage, especially if using Frost Bomb (due to the increased
Dedos de Escarcha
procs from all those
Orbe congelado
s).
Cauterizar
and
Mordedura de frío
have been replaced with
Témpanos de hielo
and Glacial Insulation.
Summary:
Centelleo
now competes with
Témpanos de hielo
, making this tier an extremely difficult choice. Take
Centelleo
for long-distance movement,
Témpanos de hielo
if just nudging yourself out of a fire patch. Glacial Insulation is a very niche pick and cannot compete with the other talents in most situations.
Rayo de Escarcha
buffed by 12%.
Runa de poder
nerfed to a 40% damage increase
Summary: A small but significant nerf, taking Rune down to a level more comparable to the other talents.
Caudal de encantador
is now competitive on movement-heavy fights (i.e. most of Nighthold).
Toque helado
is now a passive that increases
Dedos de Escarcha
proc chance by 40%.
Summary: Less control than previously, but results in more reliable
Dedos de Escarcha
generation (an indirect movement buff). The choice comes down to this or
Hielo fragmentado
on this tier.
Vientos gélidos
has replaced
Témpanos de hielo
on tier 5.
Summary: An almost useless tier for raiding, which is a shame; Fire and Arcane at least got movement speed buffs when
Témpanos de hielo
was removed.
Vientos gélidos
is still probably the best talent, for add control, but is very lacklustre for raiding.
Reacción en cadena
now increases the damage of Ice Lance by 10% per stack (was 20%).
Summary: Still a very good trait, but it's never nice to be nerfed.
Escudo de Alodi
now increases
Barrera de hielo
size by up to 60% (was 100%).
Summary: A minor nerf.
Atavío del conocimiento perpetuo
Two piece: Frost Bolt has a 10% increased chance to trigger
Congelación cerebral
.
Summary: Like most early tier gear, this is a solid, if boring, bonus.
Four piece:
Orbe congelado
has an additional 5% chance to trigger
Dedos de Escarcha
when it deals damage.
Summary: Obviously plays into our AoE with the new
Ventisca
and Frost Bomb; also indirectly buffs mobility. Not as flashy as Arcane or Fire bonuses, though.
The patch 7.1.5 single target stat priority is (very broadly): Critical Strike (to 33.34%) > Haste > Versatility > Mastery > Critical Strike.
For multiple targets, haste gained a great deal of value with the
Ventisca
change. The stat priority is now Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery.
Frost was already in a good spot mechanically, which was evident in the fact that this patch was mostly number tuning. AoE damage, which was a weakness in patch 7.1, has received a very welcome buff with the new
Ventisca
, and mobility is also unaffected – unlike Fire and Arcane. Overall, we should be positive about the spec going into Nighthold.
The spec is currently simming ahead of Fire and Arcane, but that is due to
Vacío térmico
, which is difficult to play well. Be aware of that when deciding what to play in 7.1.5.
Confused about Frost? Questions? Visit the
Wowhead Frost Mage guide
, the
Altered Time
Mage community or
Hall of the Guardians
Discord.
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